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POULTRY. 



EIGHTEENTH DIVISION— POULTRY. 



The Committee on Poultry beg leave to report : Lawyers are 

 reputed by some people as being too often engaged in foul busi- 

 ness, but to be commissioned on such business by the venerable 

 and respectable Berkshire County Agricultural Society, they did 

 not expect ; but these are days of surprises. 



The Committee devoted themselves to the business, and amid 

 the crowing of cocks, the hissing of geese, the quacking of ducks. 

 and the gobbling of turkeys, found an array of Leghorns, Hou- 

 dans, Brahmas, Dominiques, Bolton Grays and many others ; and 

 having to bring in a verdict, instead of addressing a jury and try- 

 ing to gain a verdict, felt somewhat strange. They felt as a jury, 

 when the evidence is conflicting — in doubt as to what verdict to 

 render, and expect no more to satisfy everybody, than a jury. 

 So here is their verdict : 



Geese, 6 entries— Hemy Noble, $4; John S. Barton, 2. 



Ducks, two entries— T. H. Connors, Blackinton, 3. 



Turkeys, four entries — Geo. L. Pratt, Lanesboro, 3 ; D. Clark, 2. 



Chickens, 35 entries— Amos Royce, Lanesboro, 4; J. W. Newton, Lanesboro, 3 ; Geo. 

 Reynolds, Blackinton, 4; E. D. Hayes, 3; J. D. Northrop, Cheshire, 3; J. L. Barrett, 2; 

 Mark Kilbon, Gt. Barrington, 2 ; Eli Barnes, Richmond, 2; C. A. Wakefield, 2; A. P- 

 Backus, 2; C. E, Merrill, 2 ; T. B. Salmon, Richmond, 2; Jessie Potter, Lanesboro, 2; 

 Daniel Mapes, 2. 



HORSES. 



NINETEENTH DIVISION— MATCHED HORSES. 



Com.— Leman Wood of Lanesboro, C. A. Dewey of Lenox, D. L. Andrews 

 of Pittsfield. 



Carriage horses— W. F. Howlaud, Lenox, 8; R. W. Field, Lanesboro, 6; Hopkins T. 

 Candee, Sheffield, 4 ; Isaac Augur, 2. y 



Farm horses— Olin T. Benedict, 8; James Foote,6; John E. Merrill, 4; Geo. D. Ingalls, 

 Cheshire, 2. 



Draft horses— E. J. Tower, Lanesboro, 6. 



TWENTIETH DIVISION— SINGLE HORSES. 



Com.— Frank G. Guilds of Pittsfield, Frank L. Foster of Williainstown. 

 ank K. Hinckley of Lee. 



